If you listened to CEO Elon Musk on the Tesla Q4 post-investor letter conference call , you might think that Tesla’s dreams are all coming true. He started out by calling 2017 “obviously a big year for Tesla.” He described a very sophisticated automated parts conveyance system at the ...

John Voelcker Feb 11, 2018 Follow John Add to circle 2015 Nissan Leaf charging back at home after 1,000-mile road trip [photo John Briggs] Enlarge Photo Fears that Congress would kill the federal tax credit for purchase of a plug-in electric car were laid to rest in December when that...

Volkswagen's efforts to push for the development of an all-electric rallycross supercar were revealed by EV News in March 2016 with plans for electric cars to be introduced into the World RX structure announced in August of last year, but a source has now indicated that electric cars ...

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Last month, the very first TX electric taxi from the London EV Company (LEVC) has been handed over to a very eager and excited cabbie, and was recently reviewed by the Fully Charged’s Jonny Smith. Jonny Smith takes the all new TX electric taxi on the coldest day of the year so far and...

Mg is the lightest structural metal (about two-thirds and one-fourth the densities of Al and Fe, respectively), abundant in Earth, recyclable, and biocompatible. These properties make Mg attractive for automotive, aerospace, and biomedical applications. However, Mg has low ductility, ...

How did Tesla respond to questions over its latest delays in delivery dates for the Model 3 electric car? Why should EV owners and advocates worry about consumer awareness of plug-in electric cars? This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the we...

17.1.2018 UK warned 60% of new cars in 2030 need to be electric Meeting emissions targets will require improved support for electric cars The government has been told that electric cars will need to make up 60% of sales by 2030 in order to help the UK meet its environmental targets. T...

Despite sounding like they were dreamed up by a 10 year old kid in a schoolyard, the Volvo Drive-E family of engines are both supercharged and turbocharged . That set up allows Volvo to get maximum power and efficiency from the relatively small, 2.0 liter engines across the RPM range....

A key element in DiDi’s strategy is building a smart transportation ecosystem to capture future opportunities, with global expansion through alliances with regional partners. Source: DiDi . Click to enlarge. From its founding as a taxi-hailing business, DiDi has been building up a wor...

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More details have surfaced on Croation electric vehicle maker Rimac’s new supercar, which will debut next month at the 2018 Geneva Motor Show. Rimac teased the new car in a video earlier this year, which carries the working name Concept Two. It’s understood to be an all-new product bu...

Porsche has announced it is investing more than 6-billion euros ($7.45-billion USD) on electromobility. That’s double what the company originally intended to spend on electrification and is a sign of Porsche’s dedication to hybrids, plug-in hybrids, and electric vehicles. About half o...

The total sales mark for global hydrogen fuel cell vehicle sales is inching close to 6,500. According to Information Trends , a Washington, DC-based market research and consulting firm, in its soon-to-be-released “Global Market for Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicles, 2018” report, 2013 to 20...

To help ensure consistent implementation of this regulation, IMO’s Sub-Committee on Pollution Prevention and Response (PPR), which met 5-9 February at IMO headquarters in London, agreed to draft amendments to the MARPOL Convention on the prevention of pollution from ships (MARPOL Anne...

MTS currently has 220 forty-foot CNG New Flyer buses and 70 sixty-foot CNG articulated New Flyer buses in operation. The 50 New Flyer buses will replace existing buses in the fleet over the next five years. MTS plans to use 17 of the articulated buses currently in production for its n...

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Volkswagen to unveil new third-generation Touareg in Beijing 10 February 2018 Volkswagen will stage the world premiere of the new third-generation Touareg SUV—which the brand is calling its flagship—on 23 March 2018 in Beijing. China is the world’s strongest growing SUV market and Vol...

As long as Sarolea doesn’t expect its riders to hop on and off multiple Manx 7s, Formula E-style, I think it’ll be fine. But that’s just me. What do you guys think? Does an electric stand a chance against the ICE bikes at LeMans, or is this a PR fluff piece to try to wrangle more inve...

AHSS-intensive vehicles had lower or equivalent total life cycle GHG emissions than aluminum-intensive vehicles for every class of vehicle tested. AHSS-intensive vehicles were shown to have lower life cycle GHG emissions vs. aluminum-intensive vehicles in more than 90% of the 5,000 ca...

John Voelcker Feb 9, 2018 Follow John Add to circle 2018 Fiat 500 Enlarge Photo Today, we look at plummeting Prius sales, our monthly roundup of best green-car deals, new Tesla Model 3 delivery delays, and a video preview of the 2018 Hyundai Sonata Hybrid. All this and more on Green C...

China’s leading mobile transportation platform and Uber-equivalent, DiDi Chuxing, the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi alliance, and other automakers have reached an agreement to introduce a new electric vehicle car-sharing platform in China. The program will include the launch of a robo-rid...

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Two factors that help keep the cost of owning a LEAF low are that electricity costs less than gasoline and the reputation electric cars have for needing much fewer repairs and maintenance compared to their gas powered cousins. The 2018 Nissan LEAF may not be a Tesla Model 3, but it is...

The Sarolea Manx 7 electric motorcycle evolved from the company’s early Isle of Man TT Zero efforts. Efforts which eventually netted Robert Wilson an amazing 4th place finish in 2014 against other, much more well-funded racing efforts from the racing establishment . Now, Sarolea has a...

John Voelcker Feb 9, 2018 Follow John Add to circle As they say: If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. The first Hyundai Sonata Hybrid, launched for 2011, wasn't one of the better examples of the class for drivability. But Hyundai has updated its mid-size hybrid three times s...

John Voelcker Feb 9, 2018 Follow John Add to circle 2017 Tesla Model 3 "first production" car, in photo tweeted by Elon Musk on July 9, 2017 Enlarge Photo "Overall, I think, while there were challenges associated with Model 3 ramp, we were in a deeper level of hell than we expected, s...